Snowy days in Kunshan

When traveling in snowy days, you must pay attention to these points!

Although the snow scene is beautiful, the snow makes the road slippery, which brings safety hazards to many drivers. In order to ensure everyone's travel safety, I prepared this cheat sheet for driving in snowy days.

First, check before driving

If you go out in the morning and find that your car is covered with snow, you must clean the floating snow outside the car, especially the windows and rearview mirrors. If you don't clean it up, it's hard to see the back car when you drive on the road. In addition, before driving, be sure to check whether the wiper, headlights, tires and other parts of the car are working normally, especially the tires of the car will harden at low temperature in winter, which will easily lead to air leakage and puncture. Therefore, before driving on the road, you must carefully check whether the tires are damaged or leaking, and if so, you must deal with them in time.

Second, start stepping on the gas pedal lightly.

When starting on a snowy road, you must slowly release the brakes, let the vehicle move slowly, and then step on the accelerator. Don't step on the accelerator at the beginning, which will easily lead to the wheel slipping and overturning. Many cars have their own snow patterns, which can make the start more stable and not slip. You can select this mode before you start.

Third, control the speed

The key point of safe driving in snowy days is to drive slowly. On snowy days, the road surface is slippery, the wheel adhesion coefficient is greatly reduced, the braking distance is doubled, and the car is easy to slip out of control. Therefore, everyone should strictly control the driving speed and leave time for disposal.

Fourth, keep a safe distance.

If deceleration is the premise of safety, then distance control is the basis of safety. On snowy days, the ground resistance is very small, and it is very easy to rear-end collision. Only by controlling the distance from the vehicle in front can we leave enough disposal time in an emergency. When the general driving speed is 50km/h, you should keep a distance of at least 50 meters from the vehicle in front. In case of bad weather, the driving distance should be increased several times.

Fifth, keep the line of sight in the car clear.

Due to the large temperature difference between the inside and outside of the snow crown block, it is easy to fog on the car glass, which leads to blurred vision. When the car glass fogs, everyone must open the window or turn on the air conditioner to remove the fog in time to ensure a clear line of sight. Bian Xiao would like to remind everyone not to wipe the fog on the window with a rag, which is very dangerous.

Sixth, avoid sudden braking.

Don't slam on the brakes when driving in snowy weather. Stepping on the brakes too fast is likely to cause the vehicle to lose control and rear-end collision. Therefore, when driving in snowy days, it is better to predict the road ahead in advance, try to step on the brakes when braking, and then increase the braking force after the speed drops, which is safer.

There are frequent traffic accidents in snowy days, so drivers must improve their understanding of driving safety in winter snow and ice environment and master the driving skills mentioned above.